19 Hurt after Pickup Truck Slams into Australian Cafe
Police say nineteen people were hurt after a pickup truck smashed into a cafe in northern Australia, causing a gas bottle inside to explode and setting the building on fire.
Officials are trying to figure out what caused the driver of the truck to veer off the road on Tuesday and into the Serves You Right Cafe in Ravenshoe, south of Cairns in Queensland state. The driver was among those injured.
Queensland police spokesman Todd Saunders says three people suffering serious injuries were airlifted to a hospital in Cairns. The others were being treated at local hospitals.
Queensland Ambulance Service Assistant Commissioner Rod Sheather said patients are being treated for "varying degree of burns."
Source: Associated Press
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